Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education

Zuni Public School District (plaintiff) challenged the Department of Education's (defendant) method of determining whether New Mexico had equalized school funding, which calculated disparities based on the number of students rather than the number of districts, in order to exclude outlier districts from the calculation.

Whether an agency's existing calculation method is a permissible interpretation of a statute when the statute lacks clear language directing the adoption of a particular method.